Illinois Statutes

§ 3-4 — Effect of former prosecution

Illinois § 3-4
JurisdictionIllinois
TopicRIGHTS AND REMEDIES
Ch. 720CRIMINAL OFFENSES
Act 720 ILCS 5/Criminal Code of 2012.
Art.Title I - General Provisions

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720 Ill. Comp. Stat. 3-4 (2026).

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(a)A prosecution is barred if the defendant was formerly prosecuted for the same offense, based upon the same facts, if that former prosecution:
(1)resulted in either a conviction or an acquittal or in a determination that the evidence was insufficient to warrant a conviction;
(2)was terminated by a final order or judgment, even if entered before trial, that required a determination inconsistent with any fact or legal proposition necessary to a conviction in the subsequent prosecution; or (3) was terminated improperly after the jury was impaneled and sworn or, in a trial before a court without a jury, after the first witness was sworn but before findings were rendered by the trier of facts, or after a plea of guilty was accepted by the court. A conviction of an included offense, other t

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Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10.)

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